Rent a car at Palm Springs airport
I'm going to Palm Springs in March for a conference for 1 week. Then, I will do a small road trip to California.
I need to rent a car. I arrive at Palm Springs on the 3rd but I only want to rent a car from the 9th.
Most of the car rental companies are at the airport. Are these rental car companies accessible if I come from outside the airport? I know some places where the rental companies are in the terminal and only accessible for the people who just took a plane.
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Rental car companies have desks in the airport because that's a big source of business for them. They will quite happily do business with anyone, and their yards are usually outside the airport boundary. Most will have offices and pickup arrangements in the city centre too.
Get some quotes online, pick a company, phone their local office and ask what arrangements they have. Some may even deliver to your hotel.
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I'm not sure if it's the case in Palm Springs, but often, there are additional charges if you rent at an airport instead of another location. If you will be renting and dropping your car off away from the airport, it will often save you money to avoid the airport location.
Here is some information: https://www.wired.com/2014/12/silly-fees-rental-car-blame-local-politicians/ ... the airport fees are often called "concession fees". Also, https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2017/04/26/rental/304971001/ states that there is an 11.1% concession fee charged at Palm Springs Airport.
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